Sanitary towel-holder.



J. Q. ADAMS. SANITARY TOWEL HOLDER. APPLlCATION FILED JAN. 8, 1914.

1,1 17,747, Patented 1101111914.

WITNESSES ff/1 INVENTOR JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, 0F WESTMONT, NEW JERSEY.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

Application led January 8, 1914. Serial No. 810,970.

To all iti/zomz't may concern:

Be it. known that I, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Westmont, in the county of Camden, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Sanitary Towel-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a sanitary towel holder embodying means for supplying and hanging clean towels in position for use, and displacing soiled towels and storing the same, whereby they are removed from view, said means being hereinafter described, and the novel features of the same pointed out in the claims.

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific details shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a sanitary towel holder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 represents a horizontal section on line -m Fig. 1. Fig. 4.- represents a bottom plan view of a detached portion thereof, on an enlarged scale. Fig. 5 represents a vertical section of a portion on line y-fy F ig. 4.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings z-l designates a cabinet, the same having a door 2 to close the same and prevent improper access to the interior thereof. lVithin the cabinet is secured the horizontally-arranged shelf 3, which with the top 4 of the cabinet forms a receptacle for the drawer or tray 5, in which are to be contained clean or fresh towels, said drawer being adapted to be supported movably on said shelf 3 and covered by said top 4, the latter being adapted to have soap, brushes, etc., placed thereon if so desired.

The sides of the upper shelf 3 are cut away forming the passages 6 and 7, for the reception of the depending limbs 8 and 9 of the towel rack 10, said rack and limbs being formed of a piece of suitable round iron or metal bent to produce said limbs 8 and 9 leaving the top part horizontal, the same comprising said rack 10, it being noticed that the limbs 8 and 9 are of differential lengths and said rack is elevated considerably above the top of the cabinet and extends from side to side thereof. Rising from the bottom of the tray 5 is a verticallyextending sleeve 11, and in the bottom shelf 3 is an opening 12 which is in communication with the interior or bore of said sleeve, it being noticed that the lower portion of the limb 8 is adapted to pass through said sleeve and said opening, and so project below the under side of the shelf 3, where its end is screw-threaded for the engagement of the nut 13 which is adapted to hold said limb 8 in position, it being of elliptical or oblong form, the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully explained. In Fig. 5 the drawer is omitted and the' sleeve connected directly with the shelf 3, said sleeve being adapted for the threading of the towels therein and assisting in the support of the limb 8 of the elevated rack.

The limb 9 is of greater length than the limb 8, and so adapted to reach the bottom 14 of the cabinet, and has its lower end screw-threaded for the engagement of the nut 15 which is adapted to hold said limb 9 in position, it being of elliptical or oblong form, the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully explained.

Secured to the underside of the shelf 3 are the cleats 16 which are separated suiiciently to allow the narrow diameter of the nut 13 to enter between the same.

Secured to the upper side of the bottom 14 of the cabinet are the parallel cleats 17 which are separated sufiiciently to allow the narrow diameter of the nut 13 to enter b etween the same. The cleats 16 are of the form of brackets or keepers composed of depressed cross bars and angular limbs on the ends thereof for connection with the shelf 3. The cleats 17 are of the form of b' ackets or keepers composed of raised cross bars and angular' limbs on the ends thereof for connection with the bottom 14 of the cabinet. It will be seen that when the limb 8 is in position with its lower end in the sleeve 11, and the opening 12, the nut 13 is fitted on the end of said limb and rotated, whereby it will rotate on the underside of the cleats 16, and then when it is about contacting therewith, it will be turned farther so that its narrow diameter enters between said cleats, after which as the limb 8 is somewhat pliable, said limb will be raised to a slight extent, and the nut is farther turned whereby it will enter said cleats and tighten against the cross bars of the same, the widest diameter of the nut now standing at a right angle to said cleats, and thus the limb is connected with the bottom shelf 3 and tightly sustained thereon.

Secured to the upper side of the bottom of the cabinet are the parallel cleats 18 which are separated sufficiently to allow the narrow diameter of the nut 15-to enter the same, it being seen that when the limb 49 is in position with its lower end near the bottom 14 of the cabinet, the nut 15 is rotated and when it is about contacting with the upper sides of the cleats 17, it will be turned farther so that its narrow diameter enters between the said cleats after which as said limb 9 is somewhat pliable, said limb will be lowered to a slight extent when the nut will enter the cleats and tighten against the cross bars of the same, the widest diameter of the nut now standing at a right angle to said cleats and thus the limb is connected with the bottom of the cabinet and tightly sustained thereon.

It will now be seen that the clean towels may be removed from the drawer or tray run by its gromet, eye or loop upwardly on the sleeve 11, and limb 8, and directed over and upon the rack 10 where it will be held elevated and exposed above the top of cabig net, being suspended free for use and where 7 it may dry and be subjected to further use,

as most plainly shown in Fig. 1. When the towel is soiled, it may be directed from the rack 10, tothe limb 9 and slipped or dropped down the latter into the cabinet where it will be deposed, but the cleaned and soiled towels are incapable of l'abstraction owing to the door being closed and locked. `When, however, the clean towels are exhausted, the door is unlocked and opened, the nuts are accesslble when they may be unscrewed and released of holdin action of the cleats, in reverse order to that previous described, and the rack and its limbs arc displaced. The soiled towels may now be removed, and the tray 5 may be replenished withV fresh or clean towels, the latter being threaded or strung on the sleeve l1, and the tray restored on the shelf 3. Then the rack and its limbs are replaced and secured and the operations of presenting fresh towels and withdrawing and storing the soiled towels may be repeated, it being noticed that the clean and soiled towels are held separate from each other, the sanitary effect of which is evident.

Having thus described my invention what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a towel holder, a cabinet having' a shelf therein and a drawer supported on said shelf, the top of said cabinet having slots, a towel rack having depending limbs passed through said slots, means detachably securing said limbs to said shelf and the bottom of the cabinet, said limbs being of different lengths, and a sleeve within said drawer receiving the shorter limb.

2. Acabinet having openings in the sides of the top, a towel rack,vlimbs depending therefrom to raise said rack above said top and pass through said top into the body of the cabinet, a shelf in the cabinet, means on said shelf and one of said limbs for removably connecting the latter with said shelf and supporting it thereon, a sleeve in said cabinet receiving one of said limbs and means on the bottom of the cabinet and the other limb for removably connecting the latter with said bottom and supporting it thereon.

3. In a towel holder, a cabinet, a drawer therein, a support in the cabinet for said drawer, a towel rack on said cabinet, said rack having a limb depending therefrom, a sleeve within the drawer receiving the other limb of the rack, said lsupport having therein' an opening adapted to receive the lower terminal on said limb, an oblong nut, and separated cleats on said support between which said nut is adapted to enter and with which it interlocks crosswise.

4. ln a cabinet, a drawer therein, a support in the cabinet for said drawer, a towel rack on said cabinet, said rack having a limb depending therefrom, a sleeve within the drawer receiving the other limb of the rack, said support having therein an opening adapted to receive the lower terminal of said limb, an oblong-shaped nut, and cleats on the bottom portion of the cabinet with which said nut is adapted to engage crosswlse.

5. ln a cabinet, a drawer therein, a support in the cabinet for said drawer, a towel rack on said cabinet, said rack having limbs depending therefrom, said support having therein an opening adapted to receive the lower terminal of one of said limbs, a sleeve within the drawer receiving the other limb of the rack, oblong-shaped nuts respectively on the lower terminals of said limbs, and cleats respectively on said support and the bottom portion of said cabinet with which said nuts are adapted respectively to engage crosswise.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS..

Witnesses J oHN VmDnRsHEIm N. DUssiNGER. 

